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I was recently given the opportunity to try out a package of Purex 3-in-1 Laundry Sheet.  I had never heard of them before and I was very eager to see how they would work.  I loved them!  There were several selling points for me.  My top two would have to be the built in fabric softener and anti-static.  My washing machine does not have one of those built in fabric softener dispensers therefore, I will be honest, I always forget to use fabric softener.  I never have time to pay attention to each load of laundry, waiting for the second cycle to manually add the fabric softener.  I just dump laundry detergent and go.  Usually I’m doing laundry while cleaning house and working non-stop.  Lately our dryer sheets have not been doing the trick of preventing static.  It has been so bad around our house that we have even seen sparks from static in clothes and blankets.  I’m not even kidding, the dog shocked himself from a blanket he climbed on after it came right out of the dryer last week.

I love how simple the sheets are.  You just drop one in at the beginning of the wash and transfer it over with the clothes to the dryer.  No mess, no liquid spills and no measuring.  T has been helping me with laundry now and this is so simple for her to just grab a sheet and wash.  She doesn’t have to try and remember to add fresh dryer sheets when switching the laundry over either since the sheet is already in the load.

I highly recommend everyone sign up for a free sample and try them yourself.  There is also a coupon for $1 off on the website if you love them after your sample.

Fun free craft to do with your kids for Valentine’s Day.

Do your children come home with tons of Valentine cards from school?  Do you watch them get wasted by being thrown out the next day? Here is an easy craft to do with your kids that is fun, creative and a great way to turn those Valentine cards into cute wall decor or scrapbook page.

In order to create this craft to share with you before my children bring home their Valentine’s Day party cards, I bought a $2 box of cards from Walmart and let Noah help me.  This gave him a chance to participate in the fun craft even though he isn’t school age yet.

Supplies Needed:

• Small poster board, sheet of construction paper or regular printer paper
• Elmers glue, a glue stick or even tape will work
• Children’s Valentine cards brought home from school
• any scrapbook accents or stickers (not necessary)

How-To create a Valentine Collage:

• Draw a shape on your post board {We created a heart and initial of my son’s name}
• Scatter out the Valentine cards in no particular order
• Teach child to only place cards within the lines of the shape
• Either cut cards to form shape or in several small pieces to spread out
• Place glue on back of cards at random to place on poster board
• If working with younger child then spread glue on board instead of card
• Once shape has been filled with Valentine cards feel free to add stickers or scrapbook accents to complete

{Noah was so proud of his creation}

After I finished the heart shown at the top of this post I then added scrapbook letters to make the word Valentine.  You can easily do this to add your child’s name or year for a scrapbook page.  These make great keepsakes or just wall art for a few days.  An easy craft to turn cards into something fun for the family to do and nice to view before throwing out.

*Tip featured in All You magazine on page 135 in Issue 12, December 18, 2009.  Listed by MommaDJane AKA Dwan Perrin.

I am a huge One Tree Hill fan.  I have been ever since the show started.  I used to always watch it weekly while it was being aired and then after each season came out on DVD I bought it.  Now life has changed some and I seem to be busy a lot so I usually TiVo the show and watch it later that night or the next day.  With kids settling down and climbing in bed around the time shows come on TV that I enjoy, it makes it hard to watch peacefully.

This year I have started watching House.  It started with me watching re-runs on TV.  My daughter and I both love the series and we have rented several DVDs from Blockbuster to try and catch up.  Unfortunately House airs the exact same time and day that One Tree Hill airs.  So when I am recording One Tree Hill via TiVo I can’t change the channel and usually I am busy doing other things around the house so I am unable to watch House on another television.  This week I was informed about Fancast from One 2 One Network.  I have been dying to see some of the Modern Family series and originally went to Fancast’s website to watch one of those episodes.  That’s when I saw House on the main page listed as one of the popular Fall seasons being watched on their website.

After T and I had been cleaning all day we decided to take a break to watch TV.  I called her in my room to watch House on our HP TouchSmart.  We were able to sit comfortably on my bed and see the computer.  It was perfect, just like watching television without all the commercials.  Fancast allows you to see the shows you love with limited advertisement.  I won’t say there wasn’t commercials but I will say there was only one at a time that literally lasted seconds.  I wasn’t even able to get up to get a drink.  The quick break didn’t bother me at all, especially since the site is free.  I loved the site and can’t wait to use it more.  Knowing that I can watch the shows I love at my fingers tips any time I want is nice.  Now I feel like we can catch up on House without spending money at Blockbuster.  We also don’t have to stay a full season behind.

I can’t wait to get some extra time to watch some Modern Family episodes, we spent too much time watching the past three House episodes today.  It’s addicting to say the least.  I will have to change the settings on my computer though because we had to keep moving the mouse when the screen went black.  I must have it set to go to sleep quickly.

Full Disclosure: I was not paid to write this post.  I was told about Fancast by One 2 One Network and after researching the site myself I enjoyed it enough to share with my readers.

Now that we have started back to school that means we go back to having after school snacks.  During the summer I will admit I wasn’t organized at all with the eating schedule at my home.  Half the time we were on the go or staying up late so the time schedule for meals and snacks was way off.  Now that school is back in, it’s like clockwork.  They come home hungry!

Thanks to MyBlogSpark we were able to try out a new snack.  Also with this new snack we created a frozen treat in a way I would have never thought of.  I highly recommend joining MyBlogSpark for the great samples and wonderful information you learn.

Yoplait has always been on my shopping list for their yogurt but yesterday we got to try out their new Yoplait Whips.  It was really cool because the day before T and I put the Yoplait Whips into the popsicle trays and created a frozen treat.  We left them in over night and by the time they got home from school it was perfect.  Noah had wanted one all day but he waited on Sissy.

The frozen Whips were better than ice cream and they didn’t start melting down your arm like most popsicles do in Texas August heat.  We tried the Key Lime Pie and Strawberry flavors and loved them.  Of course we had to sample each others.  The kids thought it was the neatest snack around, had fun making it and I was happy of course because it’s healthy. They are also just as great right out of the package using a spoon, you don’t have to freeze them.

Thanks to MyBlogSpark I get to give one of my readers a ‘Summer Cool Down’ gift basket that includes two free coupons for Yoplait Whips, cooler tote, popsicle molds and a set of 12 color-changing spoons.

How to Enter: (one entry per comment)

• Out of the 9 flavors of Yoplait Whips which one would you love to try?
• Tweet this giveaway and leave permalink in comment
• Blog about this giveaway linking back to this post and leave permalink in comment

There is also a downloadable coupon for Yoplait Whips available where you can save $0.60 when you purchase three cups of any Yoplait Whips Flavor: Click Here

Additionally, right now, new members who sign-up to become subscribers of Betty Crocker’s newsletter will receive a free coupon for Yoplait Whips!  Click Here to Join

*Contest Ends Thursday, September 3rd at midnight CST*

*Open to US Residents Only*

In October I am scheduled to attend two conferences. The first being IzeaFest in Orlando and the second being SITScation in Vegas. If you plan to attend either of these conferences and have an iPhone, you should find me and let’s bump!

Okay now… get your head out of the gutter!

When I went to visit my friend Alyssaa few weeks back to swim she told me about this cool new app she had just downloaded. Matter of fact she hadn’t even tried it out yet. I love my iPhone and don’t even try to hide that. I think it is the coolest gadget around! So tell me about a new app, especially one that is so cool like Bump and I’ll give it a try. I downloaded Bump right away and later that evening tried it out with one of my friends. This app is so neat, you literally hold your phone in your hand and just ‘bump’ hands with the other person. You don’t even have to touch phones. It then places your assigned info on their phone and their assigned info on yours. Therefore we were able to switch business card info including a photo we decided upon. I picked one of my best head shots taken via iPhone and now whenever I call my friend, that lovely photo pops up. How awesome is that?! Of course now in their contact list they have my name, photo, email addy and favorites links including twitter and blog. You have the option to decide which info you want to share and you don’t have to share everything with each person you bump. So if you meet a contact at a conference that you aren’t super close to and don’t want to give them all details than just share some. It is so simple to just select and bump within seconds!

I will admit, I can be easily amused. But this is one iPhone app that I felt the need to share.

Although if you don’t have an iPhone but are attending the conferences… That’s okay too, got a Poken? I can connect that way also, thanks to BenSpark!

Not long ago I wrote a post about planning a Sweet 16 Birthday Bash.  After that post Christian Walker from Pink Poodle Boutique wrote me and introduced me to personalized confetti.  I must say this is the coolest stuff ever.

When decorating for a party, no matter the occasion this confetti looks amazing around your tables.  You can pick the colors, shapes, photos and sayings.  It was so fun shopping online and deciding just what type of confetti went perfect with her theme.  My daughter’s can’t wait until their birthday parties to have their very own confetti customized.

Plus my kids have keepsake boxes that they always put their birthday cards or items that mean the most to them in.  This confetti will line the bottom of their boxes for sure.  When I took T on a Disney Cruise for her 6th birthday they dropped Disney confetti on us one night, it was great.  She still has that Mickey Mouse shaped confetti to this day, she’s now 12.  Can you imagine her enthusiasm when the confetti arrives with her name and photo on it?

Christian was also kind enough to send me a nice stack of $5 off coupons.  I have some left over and would love to share with my readers.  Are you planning a party?  Wouldn’t you love to show off some personalized confetti to set your decor to the max? Email me at djane (at) mommadjane (dot) com for your coupon.  The $5 off coupon is valid on any order at the Pink-Poodle-Boutique with a total of $25 or more.  To claim a coupon you can also leave a comment here with a way to contact you.

To help kick off the “Take a Healthy Bite out of Reading” back to school promotion the Hain Celestial Group is allowing me to offer a giveaway prize pack which is filled with healthy snacks and free coupons.  Hain Celestial has teamed up with Barnes & Noble to help inspire reading through healthy eating.  The “Take a Healthy Bite” promotion is a receipt redemption program, where you can send your receipts for any products from Garden of Eatin’, MaraNatha, West Soy, Earth’s Best and Health Valley in exchange for gift cards from Barnes & Noble – $5.00 card for $15 worth of product and $10 for $25 worth of product.  There is also a sweepstakes element and one lucky parent will win $500 worth of free books from Barnes & Noble for their local school library.

The prize pack will include an assortment of natural and organic products from Hain Celestial Group, including Garden of Eatin’ blue corn chips, Health Valley granola bars, Earth’s Best Tots juice boxes and coupons for free jar of MaraNatha nut butter, free 32 ounce West Soymilk and free Earth’s Best Sesame Street frozen pizza. ($25 Total Value)

How to Enter: (one entry per comment)

1. Leave a comment telling me what your favorite after school snack is
2. Tweet this contest and leave permalink within comment
3. Subscribe to MommaDJane via reader and leave email address in comment

*Contest ends Monday, August 17th at midnight CST*

*Open to US Residents Only*

Visit Take a Healthy Bite to find healthy snack tips and kid friendly recipes from Keri Glassman, R.D. and sign up for the newsletter to receive valuable coupons.

T loves to collect Box Tops.  Every year her school either has a pizza party or ice cream party for the class within each grade who collects the most.  And every year T is part of the winning class.  From previous posts you know I am very proud of T for all her ways she gives back to her community.  Collecting Box Tops off of our food boxes is just another easy and free way to help her school.

Thanks to MyBlogSpark, I recently found out that there is a contest going on where you can enter daily (one winner selected weekly) to win 5,000 Box Tops for your school which is a $500 value, FREE school supplies, FREE Pillsbury Toaster Strudels and FREE Totino Pizza Rolls.  All you have to do is go visit the Box Tops for Education website and sign up to enter.

*NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Must be 18 years or older and a member of Box Tops online to enter. Sweepstakes valid 7/15 to 10/4/09*

As a special bonus I am giving away one “Top This” Prize Pack to a random reader.  Pack includes one FREE coupon for Toaster Strudel, one FREE coupon for Totino’s Pizza Rolls, a Box Tops for Education certificate worth 10 bonus Box Tops as well as some great school supplies for your family.  You can clip up to 14 Box Tops coupons from the school supplies included in your prize pack!

How to Enter: (one entry per comment)

1. Leave a comment telling me your favorite thing about the first days of school
2. Subscribe via reader for MommaDJane and leave email in comment
3. Tweet this contest including link and leave permalink within comment

*Contest ends Saturday, August 15th at midnight CST*

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Welcome to Principessa Jewelry Designs blog tour Day 5. I am so excited to be given the opportunity to introduce you to Principessa Jewelry. As you know I just love handmade products and supporting work from home women. Lisa, the owner and custom jewelry designer, does beautiful work.

Lisa also offers something really cool, an earring of the month club. I am the type of person who might not always remember to put on my necklace before walking out of the house but I always have on earrings. Just one of those things I feel naked without. The earring of the month club costs only $40 a year and you receive a new pair of the latest and most exclusive earring design before anyone else. The earrings will arrive gift-wrapped on the first week of each month via USPS Priority Mail. What a great way to pamper yourself 12 times a year or receive a package ready to give as a gift each month at a very low price.

I just love the Summer Elegance Dangle Earrings and right now they are on sale! Marked down from the original price of $25 to the sale price of $10.

Principessa Jewelry is also offering Free Shipping right now on all orders with no minimum. Plus don’t forget to check out the other days of the tour listed at Writings of a WAHM to learn more about Lisa’s store, Principessa Jewelry Designs and you may even find more discounts and a giveaway to enter.